Puerto Rico is very important to him and the fact of the matter is this is the capital of Latin America. Because of that, where could he do more for Latin America? Where could he do more for Puerto Rico than here? These are all things I've put in front of him and made him aware of.

Tom Hicks said that he was going to come to Puerto Rico and give it his best shot. He did all that and more.

In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before. The Latin American countries take a lot of pride in baseball being the national sport. They want to see this because this is so unique. In the United States there are so many games and there is a team in every city.

American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

You want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How about a geography lesson? My father's from Puerto Rico. My mother's from El Salvador. And neither one of those is Mexico.